I'm posting under an account created for my father, whose kit is #75953. We've been researching our paternal line for years now, and research has solidly linked it to one particular branch of Austins. The problem is, when we get back to my 3rd great-grandfather, the results of his descendants (including us) start to differ from the rest of the well-documented family. The only other kit that matches my dad's with a 0 genetic distance at 25 markers is another descendant of my 3rd great-grandfather, so at least we know everything is clear back to him. More than that, this one cousin is the only kit with the Austin surname that we match at all.
We have lots of 0 distance matches with different surnames at the 12 marker, but no 0 distance at 25 markers, though we do have many at a distance of 1 with 25 markers, and even more at 2. We've recently upgraded my dad's kit to 111 markers, but haven't gotten the results yet. Did we waste our money? Will this even tell us anything about who my 4th ggrandfather actually was, since there are no matches with a 0 genetic distance even at 25 markers, besides this one cousin? If it comes back and simply matches that one guy, it won't be very useful, and will money wasted. What will the 111 marker test be able to tell us?
Angela Austin
We have lots of 0 distance matches with different surnames at the 12 marker, but no 0 distance at 25 markers, though we do have many at a distance of 1 with 25 markers, and even more at 2. We've recently upgraded my dad's kit to 111 markers, but haven't gotten the results yet. Did we waste our money? Will this even tell us anything about who my 4th ggrandfather actually was, since there are no matches with a 0 genetic distance even at 25 markers, besides this one cousin? If it comes back and simply matches that one guy, it won't be very useful, and will money wasted. What will the 111 marker test be able to tell us?
Angela Austin
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